Jordan · 1st century
Qasr Usaykhim ranks #7,632 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 23 mapped in Jordan. Founded c. 100, it is older than 98% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 33 atlas entries founded in the 1st century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Amman, 97 km away. It is one of the 105 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. See how Jordan compares in the castle statistics.
Qasr Usaykhim or Qasr Aseikhin (Arabic: قصر أصيخم), is probably a Roman fortlet on the extreme eastern edge of the Limes Arabiae et Palaestinae. The solitary outpost would thus possess one of the most spectacular sites of all Roman forts in Jordan. The ruins of the structure are located on the crest of a volcano in the Syrian Desert, Zarqa Governorate and about 18 km northeast of the town of Azraq, overlooking the wadi and allowing vegetation to grow.
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